TALONS 52 - Storm 36

Final - Attendance: 10,126

Amalie Oil Field - Tampa Bay Times Forum

Score By Quarters

Team

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Total

Talons

7

14

14

17

52

Storm

9

6

14

8

36

Game recap

Quarterback Nick Hill threw for four touchdowns and San Antonio (1-2, 0-1) and the visiting Talons won their first game of the Arena Football League season scoring 38 second-half points in defeating the Tampa Bay Storm, 52-36, Friday night on the Amalie Motor Oil Field at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.

Greg Ellingson led the Storm (2-2, 0-1) with seven catches, 101 yards and a touchdown and fellow wide receiver Joe Hills had four grabs and a pair for TDs. Ellingson had the catch of the game, a 44-yarder from Adrian McPherson.

Chris C. Davis, another of the Storm receivers from St. Petersburg's Catholic HIgh School, relieved McPherson and backup Shane Boyd in the fourth quarter.

Storm DB De'Audra Dix recorded his first interception in the AFL in his first game of the season.

Local St. Petersburg product Michael Lindsey had nine returns for 150 yards. This is his 20th career game with 100 more kick return yards.

Local Tampa product Greg Ellingson led the Storm with 7 receptions and 101 yards. This is his second 100+ yard game receiving this season.

Storm QB Shane Boyd saw his first action of the season, he completed 4-of-7 passes for 39 yards and one touchdown, in relief of Adrian McPherson.

Former Storm defensive lineman Tim McGill recorded a sack for the Talons.

Storm defensive lineman R.J. Roberts had a forced fumble, bringing his streak to three consecutive games with a forced fumble.

Roberts tallied his first two career sacks.

Storm defensive back Rashad Barksdale has a fumble recovery in two consecutive games.

The last time the Storm offense was held to 15 points in a half was 5/10/97 versus the Florida Bobcats a 38-19 victory. This is the fourth time the Storm scored just 15 points in a half.

Storm quarterback Adrian McPherson rushed for two touchdowns, and has now rushed for multiple touchdowns in four consecutive games… He now leads the league with 176 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns.

McPherson is number one in the league in total offense with 1,191 yards.

McPherson is the first player in the league to crack over 1,000 yards of total offense this season.

The Storm has continued its multi-rushing touchdown streak, increasing it to nine games.

The Storm has had a receiver with 100+ yards in 11 consecutive games.

Palmetto H.S. product, WR Joe Hills, has increased his streak of multi-touchdown games to eight.

Tampa native and Plant H.S. product, James Harrell, lead the game with seven tackles.

The Storm has had an interception in three consecutive games.

Tampa Bay has had a forced fumble in three consecutive games.

TEAM COMPARISON

Tampa Bay Storm

San Antonio Talons

2-1

Record

0-2

3rd-67.0

Scoring Offense

13th-41.5

8th-58.7

Opp. Points/G

4th-47.5

1st-339.7

Tot. Offense/G

13th-230.0

11th-325.7

Opp. Total Off/G

1st-236.0

5th-288.0

Passing Yds/G

13th-211.5

11th-286.3

Opp. Pass Yds/G

2nd-222.0

2nd-51.7

Rushing Yds/G

8th-18.5

14th-39.3

Opp. Rush Yds/G

5th-14.0

T1st-4.6

Yards per Carry

9th-1.9

T9th-2

Sacks

4th-5

T11th-6

Sacks Allowed

5th-2

T1st-0

Ints. Thrown

T5th-4

T2nd-5

Def. Interceptions

T4th-4

2nd-+8

Turnover Margin

8th-(-2)

Last Week's Performance

The Tampa Bay Storm (4-2, 1-1) defeated the formerly undefeated Spokane Shock (5-1, 2-0) Saturday evening at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, in front of a crowd 9,872 fans, by a score of 70-62. The game saw the Storm defense intercept Erik Meyer twice, breaking his streak of 193 pass attempts without throwing an interception.

The Storm defense led the way in the first half holding the Shock’s high-powered offense to only seven points. The team made it a point to put pressure on Spokane's quarterback. The team believed that by applying pressure it would be able to force Meyer into throwing an interception. The strategy worked as the team would come away with two interceptions on the night. This was the Storm's fifth consecutive game with an interception. Defensive lineman Rodney Beamon had an interception to go along with his sack for a loss of 10 yards.